Carpet beater



Jan. 13, 1925.

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Re. 15,981 PATENT o F-FwE.

UNITED STATES H'ARRYLO. BOOTS, OFJIJINDEN, IOWA.

emu BEATER.

Original ne.'1;49s,a44, dated June 17,'1e'24,-serie1 No. 577,225, filedJu1y.24,1922. Application for reissue filed December 1, 1924. Serial No.waxes. I

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY O, Boo'rs, a citizen of the United States,residing at Linden, in the county of Dallas and State of Iowa, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Carpet Beaters; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in carpet beaters andparticularly to manually operated carpet heaters.

One object of the present invention is to provide a novel and simpledevice of this character by means of which the operator can attach thesame to his foot and quickly and easily move the device from place toplace on the carpets or rugs being beaten.

Another object is to provide a device of this character wherein theoperator can stand in an upright position and beat the carpet or rugthus obviating the usual strain of the back incident to the stoopingover while wielding the beater.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the followingdescription when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a carpet beater made in accordance withmy invention, the beater members being down.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the same.

Figure 3 is a side elevation of the device showing the position of theparts when the beater member is raised.

Figure 4 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Figure2.

Figure 5 shows detail of beater fastening to the foot board.

Referring particularly to the accompanying drawing 10 represents awooden or other block on which the operator is to place his foot.Carried by the block is a strap which the operator secures over his footto hold the block attached thereto so that the block can be lifted withthe foot, the strap being shown at 11.

The forward end of the block is rounded, as at 12, and carried by thisportion of the block are the bearing members 13, which support atransverse shaft 14, and which pivots on bolt 20 as shown in Figure 5.

Connected to this shaft and arranged to rock therewith, is a forwardlyextending stem 15, on the outer end of which is mounted the Wire frame16 of the beater. Pivotally connected to the stem at a pointintermediate the center and the point of the wire frame 16, is avertical opera-ting rod 17, said pivot being shown at 18. Said operatingrod is fitted with a handle as shown at 21.

The portion of the stem is offset downwardly so that the wire frame ofthe beater will engage with the carpet surface in the same plane as theblock, this offset portion being shown at 19 in Figures. 1 and 8 of thedrawings.

It will thus be seen that when the operator places his foot on the blockand properly attaches the same'to the foot by the strap, and then placesthe block on the car-- pet or rug, it is only necessary to lift up onthe rod 17 and thenpush down again with a sudden movement, therebycausing the wire frame to strike the carpet or rug and beat out the dustand dirt. Owing to the pivotal connection on the foot block, aconsiderable portion of the carpet or rug may be. beaten without movingthe foot. When necessary to move the operator simply moves or lifts hisfoot and steps with the block to another part of the carpet and repeatsthe up and down movement of the rod.

It will be readily understood that as the operator lifts his foot, whenmoving the beater from place to place on the carpet,

the tendency will be to lift up on the oper ating rod, thereby liftingthe beater frame from the carpet and greatly facilitating the saidmovement of the device.

Attention is called to the fact that the device is of extremely simpleconstruction and is formed from a small number ,of parts. It will alsohe note-d that-the carpet can be effectively beaten without the usualstrain on the back of the operator incident to stooping over. The easeand simplicity of operating this device makes it possible for theoperator to clean the carpet more thoroughly and quickly than with acommon hand beater.

WVhat is claimed is:

A carpet beater including a foot block, a strap secured to said footblock for permitting the foot of an operator to be received therein andrest upon said foot block,

a pair of upright spaced bearing members on said foot block arrangedforwardly of said strap, a stem received between and pivotally connectedto said bearing members,

7 said stem being provided with an offset portion, a beater frame ofsubstantially large area being carried by the free outer end of saidstem and a hand operating rod extending upwardly from said stem andpivotally connected thereto for permitting the hand operating rod to beengaged for imparting a beating motion to sald beater, said operatingrod being connected to the stem for- Wardly of the offset portionthereof as and for the purposes stated.

Des Moines, Iowa, October 29, 1924.

HARRY O. BOOTS.

